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ABRAM COX STOVE CO. 






THE HOUSEKEEPER'S TREASURE 



NEEDED IN EVERY HOME 






ABRAM COX STOVE CO 
Philadelphia and Chicago 



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Copyright 1896 
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The object of this pamphlet 
is to give the reader all the 
information possible about 
the new "Novelty" Wrought 
Steel Range, made by the 
Abram Cox Stove Company 
of Philadelphia and Chicago. 



A PERFECT RANGE 

You need a perfect range. 

Perfect housekeeping begins in the kitchen. 

The heart of mankind is best reached through 
the stomach. Good health depends upon good 
food, and good food depends upon good cook- 
ing, and good cooking depends largely upon a 
good "cook stove," and hence it is that the range 
in the kitchen is in reality an article of far more 
vital importance than the piano in the parlor. 

Better a perfect range than a perfect piano. 

And because the finest ladies in the land are 
liable to be brought face to face with culinary 
questions it is important to have every kitchen 
equipped with the best cooking apparatus that 
human wit and experience can devise. 

We have such an article. It dispels kitchen 
troubles; makes cooking easy; is economical. 

Without further preface we therefore present 
to American housekeepers the main points of 



excellence of the new "Novelty" Wrought Steel 
Ranges made by the Abram Cox Stove Com- 
pany. 

FOUR POINTS 

Neatness, 

Economy of Fuel, 
Economy of Space, 
Goodness. 

The range (in all its varied forms) is neat to 
look upon, a fact that appeals to tidy house- 
keepers. 

It is compact, in that while it occupies no 
unnecessary floor space it makes good use of the 
space actually taken: no empty space "under the 
stove;" no sprawling legs to try cook's toes or 
temper. 

It makes full use of fuel; employs every unit 
of heat that can be saved from the chimney; 
turns the heat (when not wanted in the oven) 
to account in heating water or in making hot 
pockets for storage of cooked food. 

And, as to goodness, it is a pleasure to work 
with such a perfect thing — as will be explained. 



Let us tell you briefly about these wrought 
steel ranges— models of compactness, strength 
and durability ; ranges adapted to hard coal, soft 
coal or wood. They are made of steel through- 
out, save a few parts which are better of iron. 
No use of having a stove-lid made of steel, for 
instance. 





THIS CUT SHOWS THE 



RANGE WITH "SLIP TOP" CLOSED. 



Look at the picture, if you please. There are 
a dozen or more features to which the makers of 
this range point with especial pride : 

The grate and fire box, and the asbestos lining. 

The oven, with falling door, balanced by a 
weight. 

An ingenious sliding shelf in oven. 

Capacious ash pit. 

A large "hot closet" under the oven. 

A "high closet" above, for keeping things 
warm. 

Check damper in the smoke pipe, just above 
top of range ; a handy thing. 

"Clean out" door, and lip for dust pan. 

Nickel rail in front, for protection. 

"Slip plate" over fire, with "reducing covers;" 
to be mentioned hereafter. 

Direct-acting damper near smoke pipe. 

Dust damper in convenient position. 




THIS CUT SHOWS THE RANGE WITH " SLIP-TOP" RAISED. 



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THAT QUEER TOP 

You will call it "a queer top" the first time 
you examine the portion of the range that is 
immediately over the fire pot. We call it a 
"slip plate." 

There's not much in the name, either way, 
but the arrangement is extremely useful. 

It is as though the top of the range, immedi- 
ately over the fire, opened upward on hinges. 
You raise it and by a hook fasten it in that 
position. There is your fire fully exposed. 

It can be used thus for broiling, or for adding 
fuel, or for any other desired purpose. We 
have a word to say about broiling further along. 
You w T ill admit that the device is a good one. 

Then the "queer top" or slip plate is pro- 
vided with a number of concentric rings-: or, in 
other words, you can make an opening right 
over your fire the size of a tin cup or as big as 
your largest griddle — say eleven inches: the 
handiest kind of an arrangement. 

But, after all, the only "queer" thing about 
this top is its convenience in the several re- 
spects mentioned. 



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NOTICE, PLEASE 

The fire box or fire pot is of economic con- 
struction: it saves fuel; saves a great deal of 
fuel ; wastes no coal ; wastes no money. And the 
range is so built that the heat of the fire can be 
turned to full account in baking, in broiling, in 
water heating or otherwise. 

The duplex grate is the best labor saver and 
dust saver ever invented: perfect in action. 

The asbestos lining is practically non-de- 
structible. 

A capacious ash pit catches cinders and dust. 

The oven is all that could be asked for — easy 
of access and evenly heated: door falls without 
slamming, making a strong and convenient shelf. 

The sliding shelf in the oven draws out with- 
out tilting. 

The dampers for regulating the drafts both 
below and above the fire are arranged so as to 
be most convenient to the cook's hand. 



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YOU WILL LIKE IT 



Grant (as you will upon examination) that 
the general plan is correct, and far superior to 
any other "cook stove" on the market, and you 
will be a customer for the range. 

There is no escape for you. 

You may say that you want the oven re- 
versed, or that you want a double oven, or that 
you want an exposed reservoir for hot water, 
or an encased reservoir, or water-back or water- 
front, or this or that — we have all these styles 
ready. Your wishes are anticipated. We have 
above a hundred styles — variations of the ex- 
cellent model which we have been describing. 

You can have your range made to order, as 
it were: have your oven on either side; or an 
oven on each side; have your preference in the 
style or method of water heating. 

Name the fuel that you propose to burn, and 
tell whether the range is to be connected with 
city water pipes or to be used in the country, 
and we can at once meet your requirements. 
We have your particular range ready, in stock. 



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THIS CUT SHOWS THE RANGE WITH " SLIP TOP" RAISED 
AND BROILER IN PLACE. 



THE NOVELTY BROILER 

Raise the slip plate (hinged portion over 
fire), hook it in place, set the "Novelty" broiler 
over the coals, raise broiler lid, insert meat to 
be cooked on ordinary hand broiler, close lid, 
and watch results through a mica peep hole. 

The two most obvious and most pleasant 
results are that the cook does not broil her own 
face, and the usual smoky smells are not poured 
out into the atmosphere of the kitchen. 

Another result, not less important, is that the 
life of the fire is not lost, as in the usual prac- 
tice. 

Our broiler is simply a most convenient false 
top to the range: the draft of the fire is not 
checked during the operation of broiling. 

CONTROL OF OVEN HEAT 

The usual double-oven trouble is that one 
oven bakes better than the other. Or, said 
the other way, one of the ovens is a poor 
baker. This fault has been universal. 



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We now come forward with a remedy an 

even distribution of heat secured in our per- 
fected double-oven range. The test by ther- 
mometer shows a heat variation of only two or 
three degrees, which is practical uniformity. 
Absolute control of heat in oven is a strong 
point of merit in these ranges, both single-oven 
and double-oven. 

Another point: The oven bottom is con- 
structed of two pieces, to prevent warping. No 
lop-sided oven products. 



THE HOT WATER QUESTION 

All housekeepers realize the convenience of 
an abundant supply of hot water, and these 
ranges boast of their hot water producing 
abilities. 

Consider, for example, the construction of a 
range especially made for people who do not 
want to connect with city pipes: with country 
people, if you please. There is a commodious 
copper reservoir, encased, but easily accessible 



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by a large hinged top or lid. The internal ar- 
rangement is here of such a character that the 
whole heat of the fire, when not wanted for the 
oven, can be turned so as to heat water. And 
a good idea it is, too. 

Or a hot water reservoir, of different shape, 
can be placed on the other side of the fire, ex- 
posed to view. 

You may use the wire shelf (we call it a 
reservoir wire rest) in the copper reservoir, if 
you choose, and steam puddings thereon. 

Or, as before mentioned, the usual water- 
front or water-back can be employed, coupled 
in the ordinary way to the street mains. 

It is as you please: plenty of hot water for 
everybody, everywhere. 



THE CHECK DRAFT 

A word about the check draft — that little 
sliding door in the front of the smoke pipe, 
above the top of the stove. 

By opening that small door the fire can be 



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preserved all night, with the lids and drafts 
all shut. Combustion is practically suspended. 
The fuel is not charred or wasted, as in the 
ordinary way. 

From an economic standpoint the check 
draft counts for much. 



FOR CITY OR COUNTRY 

There are users of all sorts of fuel in this 
big country of ours, and these wrought steel 
ranges are adaptable to all the standard 
kinds — hard coal, soft coal or wood. 

The flue boxes have been most carefully 
planned, both in reference to securing draft 
and for economy in cleaning. The flues, in- 
deed, may be called self-cleaning: no trouble 
to scrape out the soot and dirt. 

If for country use, the fuel and water ar- 
rangements of the city stove are slightly modi- 
fied, not really changed. 

The "Novelty" Wrought Steel Range is 
adapted to Maine or California, to Florida or 



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Alaska. It is a treasure everywhere, in any 
part of the land. 

The "trimmings" mind you (if we may use 
the word in reference to the minor conveni- 
ences of the wrought steel ranges) are wholly 
as you may choose. 

You can have a commodious high shelf over 
the range, well above pots and pans, or you 
can have a high closet in the same place. Or 
vou can have a low, so-called T shelf — just big 
enough to hold a tea pot or so. 

Right-hand and left-hand ovens are at your 
service, in four sizes, which of course means 
four prices; double ovens in two sizes. 



OVEN SIZES 

As a help we may mention the oven sizes, 
measured at the door: 14 inches, 16 inches, 18 
inches and 20 inches, in single-oven ranges, 
and 12 inches and 14 inches in double-oven 
ranges. The ovens are deeper than wide; 
deeper than these figures. 



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REMEMBER 



Please remember that in addition to being 
a perfect baker the "Novelty" Wrought Steel 
Range has two great claims to favor: 

It will make plenty of hot water. 

It saves fuel. 

Taken as a whole this new wrought steel range 
represents the acme of practical inventive 
genius. It is a combination of kitchen ex- 
perience and mechanical skill; the joint product 
of the cook and the inventor. Cooking is a 
fine art, with fixed requirements. The inventor 
recognizes these requirements and. plans ac- 
cordingly. The stove maker takes the plans 
and converts ideas into steel and iron, and 
says to the public, "Here is a perfect cooking 
apparatus. It is at your service." 

These are the claims made by the "Novelty" 
Wrought Steel Ranges to the favor of the 
American public. 



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